Archaeology

The bones, known as 'astragali,' date back to the Hellenistic period.

Parts of ancient Pompeii show how some areas of the city were a far cry from the sparkling fountains and mosaics of the ruling classes.

Researchers believe they may have found the 2,000-year-old lost city of Natounia, an ancient military and religious complex in the Zagros Mountains.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office also returned fossils of a 60 million-year-old marine oyster to the Mexican authorities.

The ceremonial heads were used by indigenous South American peoples, and a modern scan technique can be used to tell which ones are authentic.

Only 20 similar swords of this type have been found in Norway, out of approximately 3,000 total Viking swords found.

Polish and Italian archaeologists discovered the temple while excavating the Abusir necropolis near the famous ancient burial grounds of Saqqara.

The unearthing of a tomb in Mexico has shown that the remains of the Mayan elite were used to play an early form of squash.

A rain shrine linked to a water goddess has been found in an ancient mountain fortress that archaeologists believe could be the long-lost city of Natuonia.

Archaeologists named the 1.4 million-year-old fossil "Pink," in honor of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album.

Chinese scientists have successfully sequenced ancient human DNA dating back some 14,000 years, hinting at their potential links with Asian peoples.

A decapitated Egyptian mummy's head discovered in an attic in England has undergone a state-of-the-art CT scan to try and uncover its secrets.

Egyptian military official Wahibre-mery-Neith was in charge of recruiting soldiers of fortune from Asia Minor and the Aegean Islands.

The "miniature alligators" were among the first to transform their fins to limbs, according to researchers.

The clay figurine was found in a German stream where a prehistoric riverside colony had settled between the 8th and 6th centuries BC.

"Ausichicrinites zelenskyyi" is closely related to sea stars, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins.

The incredible find could potentially rewrite the history of human evolution.

Stone Age farmers in southern France were fighting mice and insects feasting on their supplies 4,000 years ago, a new study has revealed.

The discovery of the graves of four pre-Hispanic Mexican children has given an insight into the difficult living conditions that followed the fall of the Aztec Empire.

The "Ice Prince" is thought to have been of high birth, as the experts also recovered a sword and scabbard, as well as other significant artifacts.

The Sterkfontein Caves in Johannesburg, South Africa, reveal nearly 4 million years of evolution, scientists say.

Little is known about E. coli's evolutionary history, with the researchers saying it's unclear when it became resistant to antibiotics.

The ultimate predator of predators was a massive 50-foot-long shark that was so powerful it even ate predators that ate other predators.

Archaeologists researching the ancient temple city of Heliopolis have made remarkable discoveries documenting intense temple construction activities in Ancient Egypt.

The head of a Hercules statue has been found in the legendary 2,000-year-old Antikythera shipwreck.

A historic cathedral city was home to some of Britain's earliest humans more than half a million years before writer Geoffrey Chaucer immortalized it in verse in his Canterbury Tales.

A local fisherman has found pieces of the shipwreck near Astoria, Oregon, the setting for the 1985 film "The Goonies"

Russian researchers discovered the mummified remains of a shaman inside a sarcophagus who was buried wearing silk and fur.

An international team of scientists has identified a new species of ancient predator that was part bear and part dog and roamed Europe millions of years ago.

Scientists say they have discovered the origins of the Black Death in the Tian Shan mountains of Central Asia.